This story takes place before events described in "Can I Get A Ride? Pts 1 & 2" Author does not condone the use of mind-altering substances for the base pursuit of "getting high".
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She had a crush on a boy. She knew that he was probably no good for her. Her mama had warned her about boys like him, attractive in that scruffy way, leather jacket over white tee shirt, cigarette behind his ear, baggy blue jeans. She had been warned, repeatedly, that boys like him would only break her heart, and wouldn't she please just pick a boy who was going to be a doctor or a lawyer or an accountant or some other insufferably boring thing. That was probably why she had such trouble concentrating, when she knew he was sitting right behind her in their Introduction to American Literature class.
Their professor was assigning a new book for them to read, and an essay on it due on Monday. Since it was Wednesday, Lauren didn't feel that it was enough time. Professor Crowe dismissed them before she had a chance to complain. The quiet bad boy behind her passed her on his way out, and dropped a folded up sheet of paper on her desk.
"Hey, you dropped this," she said. He turned and winked at her and then left the classroom. She opened it up and read it.
"Meet me in the bookstore at 4 if you want help with your essay. Peace & Love, Jonny"
Lauren flipped open her cell phone to check the time. It was 10:30 in the morning. She still had a few classes to get to before then, but then she would be done at 3. She couldn't concentrate in any of her classes. Instead of taking notes she drew hearts and peace signs, wrote "Jonny and Lauren" in the hearts, doodled and hoped. Three o'clock couldn't come soon enough. She dashed to her dorm room to change out of her hoodie and blue jeans. She wasn't sure why, but for some reason she wanted to wear a short skirt and a tight shirt.
Her roommate was gone, so she changed into a very short plaid skirt, that had a flirty bounce to it. She decided that she wanted to look every bit the badass that he was, so she put on her favorite black thong, the one that tied together at the sides, her fishnet stockings and black garter belt. She put on a black push-up bra and a tight white blouse, that buttoned up the front and was simply too small for her, and glimpses of that bra could very easily be seen between the buttons of her blouse. She put on black high heels, and sauntered off to find Jonny.
She found him, at four o'clock, in the campus bookstore, looking through a selection of Hemingway novels.
"Hey," she said, leaning against the bookshelf. He looked up at her, and she did her best to repress her silly grin when she saw his eyes practically popping out of their sockets at the sight of her.
"Hey, Lauren, what's going on?"
"I came to get some help on my essay," she said.
He pulled a thin book out of the bookshelf. "Old Man and the Sea," he said.
"That doesn't look very long."
"It'll only take a couple of hours to read it. But we might need all weekend to get our essays right."
"I'd love the help."